Looking for peoplecs experiences with Systemd-less distros for a home server (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by CatTrickery@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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My household primarily runs Arch and Artix for our desktop OS and never have any issues with it, however we have had no end of issues with our home server* and it often ends up being related to systemd.

I am ideally looking for something that can just be left and updated less frequently that can also run docker containers, ideally using OpenRC but can also occasionally run a package on the host system. I'd prefer something GNU as well.

Please don't reply with any "systemd works fine for me" or "what is your problem with systemd" like most that a search turns up.

Edit*: Probably should have mentioned that its been on CentOS, Ubuntu and then OpenSuse Leap

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago

Systemd is well supported and simplifies everything. Why would you not want it?

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 5 points 7 months ago

i think init files are simple. i'm still not used to the systemd syntax and i switched whenever ubuntu did.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -3 points 7 months ago

Honestly your probably shouldn't be writing your own init scripts. That is bad practice and there are better ways of doing things.

Also just to reiterate systemd is so much faster to boot and manage. Everything is sandboxed properly and dependency management is handled for your. You literally can install a package and then start the service. (Although containers are the better option)

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 7 months ago

And it has a CVE about each month. Which is more than other init have in their lifetime.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 3 points 7 months ago

and simplifies everything

Not at all, no.

[-] CatTrickery@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Read the last paragraph.

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